Johnson`s diplomatic advice to Netanyahu and the UK`s stance on Hong Kong and Palestine
(World News UK)

The Israeli annexation of parts of the Palestinian West Bank – a territory already occupied since 1967 – did not take place, just as Johnson and others hoped. As a “passionate defender of Israel” the British prime minister`s plea to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu not to implement the illegal annexation, seems to have borne fruit. The self-imposed target day of 1 July did not take place due to global opposition; a situation that has embarrassed Netanyahu and put him in deep trouble with the settler movements and blocs in Israel and the US. “I profoundly hope that annexation does not go ahead. If it does, the UK will not recognise any changes to the 1967 lines, except...